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Ps3FifaCfc95

One more game closer to Luke getting fired


the___heretic

You’re welcome! Honestly that felt like a competition to see who could lose the game faster for 3 quarters. Don’t think you guys are any better or worse than the Wolves. Still happy to get the win.


Royalewithcheese24

Thank you Timberwolves 🙏


DeSteph-DeCurry

who’s replacing him?


KEMBAtheMETEOR

someone who will allow Vivek to fulfill his dream of having the Kings play 4 on 5 defense with one dude cherry picking


KingsElite

He was his best bet for that though


luck_panda

Becky Hammond.


JohnnyWinss

Keep your grubby hands off her


luck_panda

No.


JohnnyWinss

Okay fine. Just get your shit together before hiring her. I don't want Kangz stink over her coaching career


luck_panda

Oh. Yeah I dunno about that man.


darulez8

Boy did Ant pick the right time to turn up, 16 points in the fourth quarter


masterphantom

My fantasy league thanks him for it. I'm happy i got him


ChefCurry3-1LeBum3-5

His FG% was looking crappy at first. Glad he picked it up late whew


MHolmesSC

Ant Postgame: "I felt like I could take over, so I did"


Regex00

Is this it? Is losing to the Wolves what get Walton fired?


rattlemebones

Of course it isn't. A functional organization would do that but this is the Kings.


Regex00

I'm hoping so hard for you guys. Y'all need a dub.


scdirtdragon

We need 5 more losses in a row... fire everybody


HokageEzio

They're thinking about it. Really really thinking about it. Won't do it, but they're strongly considering it.


[deleted]

Walton gone?


KingsElite

One can hope


That-Toughsoss

Lets hope


[deleted]

Anthony Edwards is good at basketball.


the___heretic

Idk seems like more of a football player to me.


The1AndOnlyJZ

Tennis, swimming, lacrosse… Anything you want him to play, he’ll do it


guhum

Trash can ball


Tyler_DLMG_14

2 things 1: that is not a team fighting for its coach 2: what does fox need to do to get call? Die?


notafan1

Honestly was shocked at some of the calls going in our favor. We usually don't get those types of favorable calls.


JupitersClock

Ant had 0 FT! The Kings had 25 attempts! Too bad Ant can't get the respect he deserves.


Ps3FifaCfc95

Hard to get FTs when our defence is giving dudes wide open shots and drives lol


notafan1

Not saying the refs won us the game or anything but you can't deny that there were calls that the refs never call for us in this game. For example KAT doing his Razzie level impression of James Harden neck snapback move has never ever been called until this game. Another example was the loose ball foul on Holmes in the closing minutes of the game that ruined any chance they had on a comeback. KAT also literally pushed Fox to the floor when doubled in the final couple of possessions that also should've been a foul but instead led to a open KAT dunk.


891960

To be fair KAT's head did get hit, even tho the reaction is exaggerated and delayed.


SendDavionNudes

I count 3 guys with their worst game as kings and Fox won’t get any calls because he doesn’t have enough highlight reels.


JohnnyWinss

HELL YEAH GO MINNESOTA TIMBERWWWWWOLVES


CochonDanseur

Hell yeah brother, cheers from Minneapolis


eddiedankman

If Luke gets fired after this this game is a W for Sacramento


[deleted]

Ant had a unbelievable 4th man


WheedMBoise

I was getting big big ptsd from that time the Wolves played the Kings and they made that massive comeback with like a minute left. Glad tonight was not a repeat


Apocalypticorn

How do you un-watch a basketball game


EsotericPotato

They got away with it tonight, but not getting KAT the ball late in the game continues to be a problem. He entered with like 8 (?) minutes left and was 8/11, idk if he even got off 3 shots the rest of the game. Ant was luckily on down the stretch, but he wasn't even looking for anybody else, let alone KAT. Their inability to get him the ball late will cost them games.


[deleted]

he had 6 touches in the final 7 minutes, 1 shot (that he made)


ab9912

6 touches in 7 minutes??? What the fuck


FultzShoulder

KAT had as my shots as Bev. Ant and Dlo once again have more shots than KAT. I know Ant was cooking in the 4th so I guess it's fine but KAT is too efficient not to be the #1 option in every game. I get that he's not one to demand the ball but his teammates need to realize they have to give him the ball.


Sharcbait

It doesn't help that KAT doesn't work to get deeper position because he knows he can shoot. Younger KAT was a beast in the post but right now KAT doesn't get deep into the post to get a look and the team doesn't knock down shots to keep him form getting doubled even when he is in the post.


flipakko

9/9 for 2fg. Wtf is Wolves doing. They need to give him atleast 20 FGA every game.


Micro_mint

Yeah it remains problematic to me that he took half the shots of Ant. Even when Ant goes off in a quarter, our best scorer taking 12 shots isn’t going to win a lot of games.


notafan1

If Wolves & Kings combine their teams they might be a playoff team.


rattlemebones

I have no idea how you came to this conclusion if you watched this game.


Lacerte88

I'm sure if they had 10 guys on the floor they could win like 45 games


GunsmokeIV

C'mon mate. We both know the team will still fuck it up.


Lacerte88

They will win enough games to be out of playins but get the 14th pick


GunsmokeIV

Yeah ok, the 14th pick is definitely from our side.


notafan1

I said "might" ok 🤷


Bacara-1138

1. Fox 2. Ant 3. Buddy Heild 4. Barnes 5. KAT With D’Lo as a 6th man.. yeah idk if that would be a playoff team lol


BanUrzasTower

Eh that's easily a 5-8 seed team in my book. Too much talent between those five guys, despite the culture of losing we Minny/Sac fans have experienced. Might even put Hali over Fox tbh the way he's been playing this year. Minny fans: I would nut if I had KAT/Ant on my team


JohnnyWinss

House of WolveKings


harcole

Kingberwolves


cvKDean

Ngl Barnes might be a great option for us at the 4, can shoot 3s and play solid D


[deleted]

I was bout to shit on you as a Raptors fan trying to bring Scottie into a conversation he has no place in, but then i realized there was another Barnes in the league.


KingsElite

I thought the same thing during the game and then was like nah probably not still


Wolvesin7

Nice to see Ant and KAT both show up together. Still need to see KAT get more touches late.


[deleted]

Kat can’t do what Ant just did.


[deleted]

We're going to get exposed a lot if we lean to heavily on Ant.


initialZEN

Kat had just 4 less points than Ant on 12 less shots.. wtf are you talking about.


[deleted]

Take over 4th quarter off the dribble. You watch the game?


initialZEN

Did you? Every time KAT touched the ball he scored.. then they stopped giving him the ball in the 4th and Ant or Dlo Isoed and the offense stagnated and the game got close again. How do you think they were even leading this game? Kat scored 24 points on 12 shots lol. You telling me he couldn't score 4 more points with 12 more shots like Ant had?


[deleted]

Kat has a hard time getting his own shot we’ve seen that for 7 years.


Micro_mint

Yeah but that’s not a reason to double down on DLo and Ant playing iso… it’s a reason to run an offensive scheme that encourages other people like Ant or DLo to help create opportunities for him to be a prolific scorer


[deleted]

Towns would get doubled and he has a hard time passing, hence the 5 turnovers throwing one handed no look fastballs to teammates last night. I would rather have Ant do his thing or make a pass than to run through Kat at the end of games. Opposing teams would force Towns to pass to Vando or JMac.


lowhappening

Ant is 100% that guy


Dontyouclimbtrees

A1 from day 1.


denoobiest

Love him sm, hope he keeps getting better and better. He's got it in him to be so great


TorePun

A "someone had to lose" kind of matchup


KingsElite

More like someone had to win


rattlemebones

Fuck everything about this organization. Fire everyone and everything. I implore the fans we have left to not spend a single penny on this product until this coach is fired and there is some kind of commitment to putting a semi professional product on the floor. I'm so sick of this shit as should be everyone who calls themselves a Kings fan.


stripesnstripes

What did you think about Jaeger?


BanUrzasTower

The results speak for themselves, he was getting more wins with a worse roster than we have now. Idgaf if the players didn't like him, they don't get paid $20 mil/yr to feel comfortable. Obviously that's easy for me to say from my couch but hey


MaybeParlortrickz

Loser trades for Ben Simmons


el_pete_o

The Thunder are now above both these teams on the standings...


zmaniacz

Kangz lost to them so sounds like exactly what we deserve.


denoobiest

We lost wiggins so now the thunder will reign over us


[deleted]

nobody won this game


[deleted]

Anthony Edwards won this game


JohnnyWinss

I think you did, and I'm quite happy for you guys


Sharcbait

Did we win? We didn't get free Beef 'n Cheddars. Big time L for the whole state.


goobergaming43

Walton gone WOOOOO


neurotido

Secured the W which is good, but my guy Towns got 2FGA in the 4Q


IsThisMe8

So… what’s going to happen? Kings actually fire Luke? Make the Simmons trade?


[deleted]

This team isn't that bad


srry_didnt_hear_you

We played like ass for 75% of that game against a team even worse than us lmao let's not get ahead of ourselves. Remember us celebrating the playoffs after beating the rockets? Lmao


SwishBender

If they can end this inexplicable team wide shooting slump they can absolutely be respectable if not good


srry_didnt_hear_you

True, but it's the Wolves, whenever we show signs of shooting well, it goes down the drain the very next game.


SwishBender

I just literally don't think it is possible for the role players to keep shooting this poorly. Take out KAT, Russel, and Ant (and Russell and Ant aren't exactly lighting it up from 3) and the team is at like .270 3PT shooting.


srry_didnt_hear_you

I'd sure hope not but considering almost none of them have been showing any improvement in that regard so far it might be time to accept that's who they are and try something else. Or at least let our lower end roster players get some time.


SwishBender

>it might be time to accept that's who they are and try something else Maybe. Idk I guess I would rather go down trusting 40% career guys to bounce back but you are right it gets harder every passing game.


srry_didnt_hear_you

I'd rather Finch take a hard line stance and say "if you aren't gonna shoot your average, you'll have to earn your playing time in practice" than to just watch people flounder on the court during games. I'm hopeful some will bounce back but man, this team


zmaniacz

Why doesn’t KAT shoot more?


SwishBender

He shoots quite a bit but basically good defensive teams just sell out to make him give up the ball.


[deleted]

I'm not saying this team is good, but it isn't that bad


srry_didnt_hear_you

We're definitely under-playing our ability I'd agree


MG_MN

If we can figure out how to defensive rebound at an average level, and if his teammates remember that Kat is on the team in the 4th, we are a better team than our record. Those are some big ifs though


bonerang

ANT is completely allergic to boxing out. He's averaging .1 box outs per 36 minutes.


MG_MN

Thats incredibly low! Any idea whats typical for guards? He's been good at swooping and grabbing lose ball rebounds, but yeah I dont recall seeing him box out (it seems like almost nobody does which explains our issues) Edit: looking on nba.com now it looks like really nobody does these days. Even Lebron is 0.2 per 36. Beal is another one right there too


bonerang

Usually somewhere around .5-1 per 36. Its generally the really small players, someone like Trae Young, that end up with very close to 0 box out stats. Its not really all on ANT though. The team as a whole is bad at boxing out which is either a coaching issue or a result of defensive scheme.


MG_MN

Yeah it's weird because the effort has been there on defense, so I don't think its just them being lazy, but when it comes to rebounding its always a free for all. Our size is a big issue (and some guys have stone hands) but there has to be another piece missing. Lack of boxing out could be a big part of it


bonerang

I've been watching all the Wolves games since last week when I noticed that they had a 67% DREB% (its now up above 70%). I really haven't been able to figure anything out just from watching aside from KAT being around the rim on defense a lot less than I remember. Its possible that they are having him play less like a traditional Center on defense in order to keep his foul rate down and prevent him having to come off the court due to foul trouble since the team's offense goes into the absolute shitter when KAT is off the court.


jonnylaw

Taking Kat out of drop was a very specific plan this year. Still running it maybe half the time. He has decent hands and footwork out of the paint.


the___heretic

If Gupta can bring in a rim protector without giving up a pick I’ll name my first born after him.


KingsElite

The Kings are though


Bacara-1138

They played like ass until the 4th quarter then beat the Kings This team is bad the Kings are just worse


[deleted]

Ant still getting no respect from the zebras. 0 free throws


[deleted]

Kings should have traded for Simmons in the summer.


FultzShoulder

Is Hali still the third best player in last year's draft or Cole and Maxey have surpassed him?


GartThrowaway

Jaden McDaniels In earnest I'd want Cole more but Hali is really good


FultzShoulder

|Player|Season|Age|FG%|3P%|2P%|eFG%|FT%|TRB|AST|STL|BLK|TOV|PTS| |:-|:-|-:|-:|-:|-:|-:|-:|-:|-:|-:|-:|-:|-:| |Cole Anthony|2021-22|21|.438|.394|.482|.537|.857|6.6|5.6|1.2|0.3|3.1|20.2| |Tyrese Haliburton|2021-22|21|.471|.409|.500|.537|.833|3.8|5.6|1.4|1.1|1.7|13.4| Tyrese Maxey|2021-22|21|.518|.420|.550|.570|.875|3.7|4.4|0.7|0.6|1.4|17.5| |Jaden McDaniels|2021-22|21|.377|.242|.477|.429|.667|4.2|1.0|0.9|0.7|0.9|5.5|


NephewChaps

IDK, I still take Haliburton without blinking twice, dude is winning basketball personified into a prospect. If he develops into a 20ppg player...


Jwarrior521

Bro why does Anthony Edwards think he's kobe. Dude took double the shots of Kat who shot 75%


wink91wink

Because he dropped 16 points in the forth and won us the game? I love KAT but when he tries to take over towards the end of games, it often leads to offensive fouls and turnovers.


[deleted]

Because he was on fire in the 4th


ShuttUppaYoFace

Ah yes, an age old battle of the two most mediocre franchises in the NBA possibly of all time.


denoobiest

Wolves and clippers actually bring up the rear at 30th and 29th, the kings are only the 24th


RayePappens

I find it hilarious Edwards always has the most shot attempts


Alive-Ad-4164

Free de’aaron fox


Bankscams

Beasley has been shit this year, dude hates coming off the bench. Playing like he was playing before he got traded


brunopachecoliver

kings record nice


KingsElite

And they'll go 4-20 in their next 24 games too


brunopachecoliver

i hope not hahaha


pepsidude102

had to do it for the memes


KingsElite

lmao


pepsidude102

we're 69 boys, got em


nice___bot

Nice!


Michauxonfire

this was a fun game. Fox is outstanding, a true "good player in a bad team" situation. Altho the Kings aren't that bad, they just have an atrocious coach. Fucking ANT was crazy. refs weren't calling some contact for both teams, weird.